plasticise

A verb meaning to make something plastic or pliable, especially by adding a plasticizer.

• 🇩🇪Verbe, das bedeutet, etwas plastisch oder flexibel zu machen, insbesondere durch Zusatz eines Weichmachers. Es kann auch bedeuten, einen Stoff mit einem Plastifizierungsmittel zu behandeln.

1. To make plastic C1 formal technical

   To treat or process a material, especially a polymer, with a plasticizer to increase its flexibility, workability, or plasticity.

   • The manufacturer plasticises the PVC to make it suitable for cable insulation.
   • They plasticise the clay to improve its molding properties.
   • The compound is plasticised to achieve the desired softness.

   🇩🇪Plastifizieren

   Antonyme: brittleembrittlehardenrigidifysolidifystiffen

2. To become plastic C1 formal technical

   To undergo a process of becoming more flexible or moldable, often through the addition of a plasticizer or by heating.

   • The polymer begins to plasticise when heated above its glass transition temperature.
   • The material plasticises under pressure, allowing it to be shaped.
   • As the plasticizer is added, the resin gradually plasticises.

   🇩🇪Plastifizieren

   Synonyme: soften

• plasticised past participle
• plasticized past participle
• plasticised past simple
• plasticized past simple
• plasticising present participle
• plasticizing present participle
• plasticises third person singular
• plasticizes third person singular